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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1908
Page
6
Indianapolis hog receipts weakened the local market with 6,000 hogs and 500 cattle and 150 sheep. Prices ranged from 5.15 to 5.60 per hundredweight, most at 5.35 to 5.55. Fat cattle held steady demand with top steer price at 7.40 for a load, highest since 1908. Lambs and sheep were steady to higher with spring lambs at 7.00 and clipped lambs 5.50.</s>
Chicago markets show strength in hogs with good demand from shippers and steady cattle trade on light receipts. Weekly totals near last year. steers up 50 60 cents from prior week, lambs still softer. Wheat declines on favorable crop weather. corn and oats follow, with slight rallies then weakness. July wheat near 87 cents, corn around 67 1/2 cents, oats about 45 1/4 cents.
The provision market was dull with a slight steady start but grain weakness canceled gains. Pork at 13.67, lard and ribs unchanged. Good to prime wethers 5.00 to 5.50, fair to good wethers 4.75 to 5.00, clipped ewes 3.75 to 4.25, clipped wethers 4.00 to 4.50, fed lambs 5.75 to 6.20, clipped lambs 4.75 to 5.35, buck lambs 4.00 to 4.50, and yearlings around 5.20 to 5.60. Wheat No 2 spring 95c to $1.03, corn No 2 70 to 71c, oats No 2 white 50 to 54c, butter creamery 19 to 23c, dairy 17 to 21c, eggs 14 to 16c.
Daily market report shows grain prices with bids for wheat 88c, corn 95c, oats 46c, and wool 16c per lb. Livestock ranges include hogs 4.90 5.30, steers 3.50 5.50, heifers 3.00 3.50, cows 2.00 4.25, calves 4.00 5.50, and sheep 3.50 5.00. Poultry and produce quotes from multiple operators noted including McCormick Richardson and Galveston firms.
Clipped yearlings and breeding ewes are described with numbers 4 50 5 varying weights likely for sale. The fragment notes seas and pricing markers 3 50 but lacks full context or a complete list of buyers or lots.
Buffalo dispatch reports cattle receipts light and market steady. Hog receipts around 3,000 with a strong market. heavy hogs 5.75 to 5.80, yorkers 5.75 to 5.80, pigs 5.20.
Market reports receipts were light with traders noting best lambs selling around 5.80. Prices for other lots were not stated, reflecting a subdued market for the day.
Mrs. John Burton of this city died at Jesse Martin’s home in Royal Center on Friday at five PM after visiting relatives there. Hugh Faley died suddenly on Biddle’s Island and his funeral will be Monday afternoon at Killian & McCloskey parlors with burial at Mt. Hope.
Drs. Stevens and Busjahn will start erecting a new office building on the lot adjoining their current building after purchasing the Fornoff property. They expect to complete a modern business block this summer with offices on the ground floor and upper floors rented as flats.
Special train tickets offered by Indiana Union Traction on Sunday June 7 with trips at 5 00 5 45 7 00 and 9 00 am to visit Indianapolis landmarks including Soldiers and Sailors Monument State House I O O F building Masonic Temple Federal Building and White City Amusement Park. Cars operate without baggage checked and no cash on cars except full fare. Ask local agent for details.
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